i'm restless. i want to go for a walk in the woods but there aren't any woods around here ( Read more... )

right now, i really want somebody with whom i can discuss the political side of farming, especially organic farming. to elaborate just a little bit, organic farming makes so much more sense in terms of soil health, crop health, crop yields, etc. than conventional/industrial farming. but organic farming doesn't have the potential for big business ( Read more... )

( happy new year / groundhog day! )

i've spent hours this afternoon requesting information from various colleges and emailing admissions departments with specific requests for information about studying sustainable agriculture at said institution. the university of vermont fails in new and exciting ways. my email, their reply, and my subsequent reply all follow.

( my original email )

i just read through the first chapter of john taylor gatto's book on american education; the entire work is online and can be found here: http://johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/index.htmRead more... )

after i told vaughn about everything that i've done so far today ( Read more... )

one of my pet peeves is when i'll ask somebody "what's up?" or "what're you thinking about?" and they reply "nothing". strictly speaking this answer may be true but i have finally figured out what i don't like about it: it's a conversation-killer.* prior to this i have cultivated a practice of answering "what's up?" and similar questions with ( Read more... )

the triplex is playing "walk the line", "munich", and "brokeback mountain" and i want to go see one of them tomorrow. i'll go by myself if necessary but it would be nice to have some company. anybody want to come along? call/im me. http://www.thetriplex.com/nowShowing.php# ( Read more... )

i've been vegetarian for over a year now. i've eaten meat once when my mom's friend made three kinds of quiche and put bacon in all of them. i was not only starving but knew that the bacon came from pigs that this family had raised themselves and they'd been butchered at a local slaughterhouse. my reasoning for not eating meat is that, while ( Read more... )

some of you may remember my post about geeks spending too much time with their computers and online rpgs from this summer... well one of those same people just told me that he'd rather hang out with real people when he's at school and that his game-playing has reduced dramatically. i win ( Read more... )